Evolutionary Biology: Microsporidia Sex - A Missing Link to Fungi

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Dyer, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; MICROSPORIDA; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTENY;

EVOLUTION; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MICROSPORIDIA; SYNTENY;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 55249084743     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.034     Document Type: Short Survey

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